He is initially challenged by Apollo creed the former champ and mentor of rocky but due to the amazing strength and endurance of Ivan he not only wins but kills Apollo in just two rounds, this leads to Rocky accepting the challenge for match with him in Russia at Christmas day.
The best part of all Rocky series has been the showcase of training and in every part of rocky it has some new additional methods of training. Rocky’s training with the bare available resources in comparison to Ivan’s very high tech equipment and use of anabolic steroids wins the heart of all viewers who feel for him. Rocky uses very basic and Spartan approach. He throws logs, chops down trees, jogs in thick snow daily and climbs a mountain as the movie depicts a man against nature scene the training just shows determination and will power with a never say die attitude.
Both the fighters are pumped to go at each other for the pride of their nation, initially it seems as a one sided fight till the end of second where rocky punches the Russian boxer and he bleeds in a single punch from that round the fight goes on till the end of 16 rounds where rocky knocks the Russian down and wins the match. The will and determination that rocky shows wins the heart of Russian crowd one of the most famous line of the movie was if I can change and you can change everybody can change! Which he says after the match seeing the Russian saluting his spirit.
The film depicts that strong determination and will power can achieve the most impossible of challenges. A will to survive against all odds helps a man to overcome his weakness and reign supreme. The movie sets an example for the common man that the road to success is all about conquering your fears and the confidence of doing you best whatever challenge one is up against. its shows everything is possible and achievable with physical and mental strength.
